Chapter 603, Local Traditions
The festival temple fair is generally held in the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival, and there are not many festivals held on this side of Elephant Head Mountain, but the temple fair is held in the town next door, which is regarded as a traditional festival to pay tribute to the local century-old trees.
On this day, the night will become extra lively, all kinds of local traditional food will be put on the street vendors to sell, one of the favorite festivals of local children, on a par with the New Year, the fly in the ointment is that there is no school holiday on this holiday...
Before it was completely nightfall, the children had already arrived first, and they were here with the pocket money given by their parents.
Li Yun sighed with emotion, recalling that in the past, he was brought to this temple fair by the old man Xuandaozi to play, and as a child, he accompanied his relatives.
And now, as an adult with a child, Xiao Su Li is bouncing, exactly the same as when Li Yun first came with the old man Xuandaozi before, and now it is the left hand Li Yun has a fragrance in his right hand, and his eyes are starry Looking at the vendors in front of him, his expression is really like his own.
Before nightfall, the sky is just approaching dusk, and there are many vendors waiting here, waiting for the bears or young couples to come first.
Long steamed buns, fried cold noodles, fried sweet potato puree, yellow braised fish, almond tea, spicy soup, spicy peanuts, pot stickers, fried buns, wontons, Jiangmi sweet wine, these flavors and human flavors are mixed together, Liu Yanli is no longer beepping, and happily sweeps the food with the money from selling pearls.
"Worship the local tree god, is there a tree god around here..."Hanxiang looked at Li Yun curiously, still blushing a little, this left hand holding the right hand looks like...
"I don't know if there is a tree god or not, but it's more like a traditional thought, no different from an ordinary traditional festival. Li Yun looked at the bustling people around him and smiled: "Sometimes it can't be like this, everyone gets together to play happily, happily pins on their thoughts, how is it a beautiful thing... The picture is a hilarious. ”
Then Li Yun pointed to an old plane tree in the distance full of various wishes, the big tree is towering, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, and said: "This old tree is the protagonist of the temple fair, people hang their wishes on it, pray and pray, the form is completely derived from the local folk system, the non-belief prayer system... Of course, if you have to say it, it still has something to do with our Daomen, after all, the way of worship and etiquette are all our Daomen. ”
Hanxiang is clear, she has also seen a lot of self-owned system activities before, the purpose is similar, to express her thoughts, there are many things to worship, such as trees, such as toilet brushes, can become the main body of thoughts.
Xiao Su Li on the side didn't care so much, it was just a wave, holding Li Yun and Hanxiang's hands and dangling here, while pitifully reaching out to Li Yun to ask for money.
Li Yun didn't need to remind Brother System, he handed over the money himself...
"Thank you Dad..."
Xiao Su Li took a sip on Li Yun's face, and suddenly Li Yun felt that there was a murderous aura visible to the naked eye against him, there were male compatriots and female compatriots.
That murderous aura represents nothing more than resentment that breaks through the sky, as well as envy, jealousy, and hatred...
"Your resentment, the poor way has taken it... Hey, hey, hey..."Li Yun's face didn't fluctuate, and he even wanted to laugh a little, and he was still a little dark about the envious, jealous and hateful eyes around him.
Hanxiang used stealth techniques to hide her sense of existence, although Xiao Su Li weakened some of her sense of existence, but the charm of the whole person still attracted others to a greater or lesser extent, but it was not hormonal restlessness, but an inexplicable desire to protect, which made people just want to protect the little girl in front of them.
"This is one of the survival instincts of the fox demon, the so-called [charm], after all, it is just a protective instinct, no matter what kind of desire to protect, as long as you can protect yourself, it is a good charm, regardless of men and women, even a male fox can charm a man, wow, just think about it, there is still a little excitement..."Bai Shen is a sugar man in his left hand, and an octopus ball in his right hand still has a meat bun in his mouth.
Now Bai Shen has finally experienced what it means to be rich and can really do whatever he wants, and now he can buy and buy things that he only dared to see before, which is simply beautiful, and he can die unscrupulously...
"Look, if it's you, this charm will definitely stimulate your hormones that belong to the restless youth, who calls you Lori..."
Bai Shen was banned for five minutes.
Dog management Li Yun not only banned Bai Shen's mouth, but also asked Ya to silence him for five minutes in his Xintong chat channel, and he couldn't even talk to Ah Da and Ah Er remotely.
Bai Shen couldn't help but change color at this, and looked at Li Yun with a shocked face as if he was saying, "There is also this kind of operation...", he could still talk to Ah Er and Ah Da when he was dead and forbidden before.
"Yes, that's the kind of operation, do you think I don't know why you're willing to be honestly banned, and there's not a chat channel to use. Li Yun thinks that Bai Shen is this girl, go and hi yourself.
Bai Shen knelt, and Bai Shen played GG.
Take Xiao Su Li and Hanxiang for a walk, Su Li's little face is stuffed and bulging, but she is still unsatisfied, and she buys and buys all the way.
Different from the high-priced snacks in ordinary tourist areas, the snacks here are surprisingly cheap, almost exactly the same as when Li Yun and the old man came N years ago.
These vendors are not trying to make money, but to be lively and happy.
"I've lived for so long, I haven't participated in such a temple fair..."Liu Yanli has a big meat bun in her left hand, a big meat bun in her right hand, and a big meat bun in her mouth at the very end, which is exactly the same as Bai Shen's goods.
"Because of the fear of exposure, there is still a risk of exposure in such a crowded environment. Li Yun said with a smile: "Don't worry about it now, you can relax yourself." ”
Liu Yanli nodded, in fact, because of the fear of exposure, rarely... I haven't participated in anything like this before, and now I can lose my sense of existence and experience things that I have never experienced before.
Liu Yanli felt very happy-
"Thank you..."
"No thanks. ”
Li Yun responded to the fathead fish with a smile.
"Forget it, this time I won't care about you and my fathead. Liu Yanli snorted and turned around, continuing with a bun in her left hand and a bun in her right hand.
The fireworks of the temple fair, the colorful flames scattered, and the beauty of the night sky blooming made people lose their minds for a while.
Hand in hand, big hand holding small hand, family, happy.
Soon, Li Yun took these people to the hundred-year-old sacred tree, this sycamore towering to the sky, it looks like eighty percent must be a hundred years old, the trees are rooted in the ground, and the trees are lush as if they can shade the sky.
According to the flow of local folklore, write down your wishes on a piece of paper and hang them up.
"As a Taoist priest, I actually worship a tree... It always feels a little weird. ”
On the paper, Li Yun wrote his wishes, and on the white paper, he added a question mark to the two words.
[Guess, guess?]
Yes, Li Yun is so sullen, he will never hide it where no one sees it.
However, suddenly an inexplicable message was transmitted to Li Yun's heart, and it was directly inserted into his heart's chat channel.
[I can't guess...]
Li Yun: "......"
"Uh..." Li Yun looked at this old sycamore tree with some astonishment.
The leaves of the sycamore, fluttering in the wind...
Hung with people's wishes.
There is also the wish of the sycamore.
......
......
"Did someone speak just now?" Liu Yanli said with a big slurry: "Did the air impact make me hallucinate?
Li Yun didn't speak, and put his hand on the hundred-year-old tree.
The hundred-year-old tree can't speak, but someone has definitely inserted it into his heart channel just now.
"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable..."
Li Yun stretched out his hand to stroke the sycamore wood, using the god of the Eastern Emperor Bell as a bridge to establish a faint connection.
Animism, a hundred years of sycamore...
No, definitely more than a hundred years, Li Yun felt that he had a wrong judgment on the age of this old tree.
"This tree has lived for a long time. ”
"Yes, this tree has lived for a long time. ”
At this time, the old man beside him, who had been sweeping the fallen leaves of the sycamore wood, said with a smile: "This old sycamore has a history of five hundred years. ”
The old man was wearing a coarse cloth robe, his face was kind and peaceful, and he was sweeping the fallen leaves, this old man Li Yun had seen before, he had been in charge of cleaning the neighborhood since a long, long time ago, and when he came to this temple fair, he would see him sweeping the fallen leaves of the sycamore wood.
"It always feels like you're familiar..."
"Poor Dao once came when he was a child, and with the handsomeness of Poor Dao, it is natural that the old gentleman will be familiar with Poor Dao when he has only seen it once. Li Yun said with a smile, almost without writing his face on his face.
Liu Yanli almost choked to death by Li Yun's words, the bun was stuck in her throat, and she almost died at the age of 800... Eighteen years old.
Bai Shen was already accustomed to it, and looked at Liu Yanli with a [rare and strange] expression.
"Dad is the most handsome!" Su Li said as a matter of course.
Li Yun calmly accepted this compliment.
"Haha, the little Taoist priest can really speak, and he is good-sounding, just like the old brother who failed to quit gambling before. The old man was happy and said, "Maybe I happened to see you somewhere, or maybe you were really handsome when you were a child, and you haven't forgotten it until now." ”
At this time, the old man looked at the old plane tree and said with emotion.
"When the town used to be a village, this plane tree already existed here. ”
"Because there are trees, it is not natural that the customs of the village have existed longer than the village? Li Yun said with a smile: "However, the five-hundred-year-old Wutong is also beyond the expectations of the poor road, and it is already so old." ”
Five hundred years, this age is comparable to Liu Yanli, and she has also developed self-awareness, which is not a demon but comparable to a demon.
"The hundred-year-old tree is in spring again, and the spring flowers bloom for another year, this old tree can probably last until a thousand years later, a thousand-year-old tree, Changchun is immortal. Li Yun said with a smile.
The old man shook his head, even if it could exist for a thousand years, he would not be able to see it, or at most he would not be able to accompany this tree for decades.
The old man wanted to say something, but was stopped by the person presiding over the temple fair: "Old man Fang, hurry up, the temple fair is about to start, you should come quickly..."
"Okay, okay, I'll sweep the fallen leaves here and come over, soon..."Old man Fang responded to the people over there with a smile, and then continued to sweep the floor, while sweeping the floor, he also looked at Li Yun back and forth: "I really think, where have I seen you..."
The temple fair started as usual, group worship, temple fairs, lion and dragon dances, Bai Shen ran away directly after the ban was lifted, and went to talk to a girl who looked like a person-
Liu Yanli and Hanxiang followed Li Yun and Xiao Su Li to go shopping together.
"Dad, can I... Can I go out and play by myself..."Xiao Su Li made a request that a child would make.
Li Yun didn't refuse, after all, he had also passed through the stage of being a child and understood Su Li's thoughts, but now he also has the worries that both parents have, worried that Ya will be lost, wrestled, abducted or something...
But this idea is only fleeting, who dares to abduct and kill the girl.
Li Yun buttoned the little hat on Su Li's head tighter, and said, "Just be careful not to show your ears, go, we're around here, just call me with his heart when you're tired of playing." ”
"Daddy is the best!"
Su Li jumped up happily, turned around and left in a hurry, the little princess Su Li walked all the way, being watched all the way, and Li Yun who watched was more face-saving.
"Now let's go check it out..."
After Li Yun walked around, he returned to the old plane tree.
This old tree, which has blessed the local area for 500 years and received 500 years of prayers, has its own wishes...
Sycamore's wishes.
......
"Elephant, elephant, why is your nose so long..."Xiao Su Li sang the children's rhyme taught by Liu Yanli all the way, looking at the scene in front of her all the way, dazzling and overwhelmed, she has not yet fully adapted to the human body, she is more curious about how to treat herself when she is a human being, when everyone is a human being.
All the way to the place of the lion dance and dragon dance, Old Man Fang was also in the team, as a foil for miscellaneous fish, and finally walked away, Old Man Fang's strength couldn't keep up, and no one knew if he left the team, and he saw Su Li as soon as he left the team.
"Little girl, why are you going alone, what about your parents?" Old man Fang looked at Su Li suspiciously.
"My mom and dad and my aunt are wasted... They want to enjoy some private space. Xiao Su Li said ignorantly, like all children, I don't like to let others think that they actually love to play.
"Really, how do you do this Mom and Dad, actually leave the child to play by himself. Old man Fang looked at Xiao Su Li helplessly, took out the change from his wallet, and bought her a little candy man.
Su Li was overjoyed, and liked the sweet taste of the sugar man the most.
"Don't eat strangers' things casually..."Old man Fang looked helplessly at Su Li, who was licking his mouth full of flowers.
"Grandpa, you are a good person, Xiao Su Li can see it. Su Li said seriously, with sweet silk on his face, and the hearts of those who looked cute had melted.
Old man Fang felt that he should take it with him before his parents came, and he had to be careful of being abducted.
"Hmm... Little girl, do you want to hear stories?" said Old Man Fang with a smile, the best way to get along with children is to tell stories.
Xiao Su Li's eyes flashed, it was quite curious...